First Extragalactic Planet-Forming Disc Discovered

Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have found a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, providing direct evidence of star and planet formation in other galaxies.

Astronomers have discovered a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the first time such a disc has been found outside our galaxy.
The disc, known as an accretion disc, is identical to those forming planets in our own Milky Way.
The discovery was made using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.
The young star at the center of the disc is growing and accreting matter from its surroundings.
The discovery provides direct evidence of the processes that form stars and planets in other galaxies.